Finalists announced for 2019 INMA Global Media Awards

The International News Media Association (INMA) announced finalists in the 2019 Global Media Awards competition today, featuring top campaigns worldwide by news media companies to grow audience, revenue, and brand.

The 194 finalists rose to the top from this year’s 664 entries from 165 news media companies in 34 countries. Entrants included newspaper media, magazine media, digital media, television media, and radio media.

Entries were judged across 20 categories and two groups: global/national brands and regional/local brands. Those entries were judged in February by an international panel of 46 judges from 15 countries.

Leading the INMA shortlist is News Corp with 17 finalists across their titles internationally, followed by Schibsted with 16, Jagran with 11, Gannett/USA Today Network with 10, HT Media with eight, and Amedia, Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd., and Russmedia with seven each.

India had the highest number of finalists with 39, followed by the United States with 37, Norway with 22, and Australia with 17.

A global panel of judges just completed a deep dive into this year’s 664 entries from 165 media companies in 34 countries. From the 194 finalists announced today, 40 first-place winners will be chosen on May 17 at the annual INMA World Congress of News Media in New York.

In May, 40 first-place winners will be announced from the finalists at the Global Media Awards Dinner at the Edison Ballroom in New York. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, May 17, in conjunction with the 89th Annual World Congress of News Media. Regional winners and the global “Best in Show” also will be announced that evening.

INMA has produced an awards competition rewarding excellence since 1937. This year’s Global Media Awards competition focused on six activities crucial to success:

Energising brands.

Creating new products.

Growing, engaging, and monetising audiences.

Growing advertising revenue.

Developing customer insights.

Instilling innovation.

“This year’s finalists stand out for two reasons: an expanded willingness to use digital platforms to grow their core business and a heart-and-soul approach to their news brands to help solve community challenges,” said Earl J. Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of INMA. “This is an extremely creative class of INMA finalists, and it is an honour to make it to this round of judging.”

All entries to the Global Media Awards competition are now live in the “Best Practices” archive of INMA.org. The 2019 finalists are available to the public, while all other entries — including those submitted since 2012 — are exclusively available to INMA members.

The International News Media Association is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue in a multi-media environment. The fast-growing INMA community consists of more than 10,000 executives at 700+ media companies in 70 countries. INMA is the news media industry’s foremost ideas-sharing network with members connected via conferences, reports, Webinars, and an unparalleled archive of best practices. INMA has offices in the United States, Belgium, India, and El Salvador.